diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
index 8f50e7342a76..1611a704c1b3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
@@ -1603,6 +1603,11 @@ static int create_raw_packet_qp(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, struct mlx5_ib_qp *qp,
 	}
 
 	if (qp->rq.wqe_cnt) {
+		if (!rq->base.ubuffer.umem) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto err_destroy_sq;
+		}
+
 		rq->base.container_mibqp = qp;
 
 		if (qp->flags & IB_QP_CREATE_CVLAN_STRIPPING)